Leonids Tambijevs, 48, is the new head coach of Sary Arka Karaganda. He signed a contract until 2020 returning to the bench of the club he lead in 2014-2015 winning the VHL regular season before losing in playoffs semifinals. Last season won the title with Dinamo St. Petersburg, left last month by mutual agreement. Tambijevs replaces interim coach Dmitri Maximov, back at original task of head coach at HK Temirtau, Sary Arka farm club. Andrejs Banada will be the assistant coach

(17 Nov 2018)

Dinamo St. Petersburg changes coach

VHL champion Dinamo St. Petersburg annunces club has terminated the contract by mutual consent with coach Leonids Tambijevs. The team is currently 5th in the standing with a 8-5 record. Tambijevs, on Dinamo bench since 2016, will be replaced by former Dynamo Moscow coach Sergei Oreshkin, in the team staff as consultant since last season. Oreshkin will be assisted by Italo-Canadian Ivano Zanatta

(16 Oct 2018)

Yevgeny Rymarev is the Kazakhstan Player of the Year

Kazzin Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk captain Yevgeny Rymarev was named Kazakhstan Player of the Year for the 2017-2018 season. Rymarev preceded Avangard Omsk left-winger Semyon Koshelev - who plays with Russian passport - Barys Astana duo Roman Starchenko (winner in 2013 and 2015) and the KHL Top-Scorer Nigel Dawes and the winner of last season, Nomad and Barys forward Nikita Mikhailis

(29 Jun 2018)

Sergei Ogorodnikov passed away

Former Russian national team player Sergei Ogorodnikov passed away at 32, as a result of injuries after an accident on a water scooter.Drafted by New York Islanders in 2004, Ogorodnikov played in US in 2006-07 season for Bridgeport Sound Tigers and defunct Pensacola Ice Pilots (ECHL), appearing in 127 games of KHL for CSKA Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, Lada Togliatti, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg and Metallurg Novokuznetsk with experiences abroad in Belarus (Gomel and Zhlobin), Kazakhstan (Sary Arka)and Poland (Podhale Nowy Targ) last season.With Russia national team won the gold medal at WJC 18 in 2004 in Belarus, beating 3-2 USA, playing along with Anton Khudobin, Alexander Radulov and Evgeny Malkin and the silver medal at WJC U20 2006

(25 Jun 2018)

Damir Ryspaev can go back in KHL

According to portal shaiba.kz, the KHL terminated the suspension of Damir Ryspaev imposed after player started a brawl on 08 August 2016 during the a game between his club Barys Astana and the Red Star Kunlun for the Cup of the President of Kazakhstan in Astana. A week later Ryspaev received a lifetime ban from the league. He started the season playing for Nomad Astana, the Barys' satellite club playing in Kazakh League, before to receive the permission to play in VHL, moving to Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk where played 7 games

After 12 rounds without a victory and no points in the standing, coach Alexander Rozhkov left the bench of Sputnik Nizhny Tagil. Club replaces him with current assistant coach Sergei Lopushansky

(14 Oct 2017)

New hockey season started today

Almost three months after the KHL finals, the hockey season in Russia re-started today with the first friendly game of the summer: in Astana, Kazakhstan, local KHL team Barys lost 2-6 against Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk.As every silly season, follow all the preparation games and tournaments on pre-season games page on Eurohockey

(14 Jul 2017)

Chelmet fire coach

Chelmet Chelyabinsk announced the club fire coach Alexander Rozhkov due the poor results in VHL, replacing him with current assistant coach Igor Znarok. Chelmet is currently 16th in the standings

(26 Dec 2016)

Molot changes coach

Sergei Vostrikov, 52, is the new coach of Molot Perm, replacing fired Marat Askarov. Nikolai Kazakov will be the new assistant. Both worked at Lada Togliatti in 2010-11 season. Molot is currently 20th in the standing, with 36 points in 31 games played

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